US House approves massive military spending bill
OPS_admin | Dec 16, 2009 | Comments 0
Money for War – No problem. Money to ave your child’s life – no way
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a massive military spending bill to defray annual expenses, fund operations in Afghanistan, and pay for the troop withdrawal from Iraq.
Lawmakers voted 395 to 34 for the 636.3-billion-dollar package, which does not include monies for President Barack Obama’s recently announced decision to send 30,000 more US troops to Afghanistan in a bid to turn that conflict around.
The Senate was expected to act on the measure soon.
The bill includes 101.1 billion dollars for operations and maintenance and military personnel requirements in Iraq and Afghanistan and to carry out the planned withdrawal of all US combat forces from Iraq by August 2010.
The package also funds the purchase of 6,600 new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armored vehicles configured to better resist improvised explosive devices — roadside bombs used to deadly effect by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Full Story US House approves massive military spending bill – Yahoo! Canada News.
OPS: All the money if the world for War and for Corporations and to kill people you will never meet – but not a penny to save your life or prevent you from going bankrupt. It’s a sick world
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